Traditional festivals in the lunar year

1st lunar month

*last day of previous year to 5th day of 1st lunar month:

Tết Tết (), short for Tết Nguyên Đán (Chữ Hán: 節元旦), Spring Festival, Lunar New Year, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year is one of the most important celebrations in Vietnamese culture. The colloquial term "Tết" is a shortened form of , ...

festival. *2nd day of 1st lunar month: Cửa Ông temple Festival, Cửa Ông ward,

Cẩm Phả Cẩm Phả () is a city of Quảng Ninh Province in the north-east region of Vietnam. It is an important coal exporting port of Vietnam (UNCTAD: VNCPH). As of February 2012, the city had a population of 195,800. The city covers an area of 486 ...

, Quảng Ninh Province *5th day of 1st lunar month: Đống Đa Festival, Đống Đa District,

Hà Nội Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

capital. *5th day to 10th day of 1st lunar month: Liễu Đôi wrestle Festival, Liễu Đôi village, Liêm Túc commune, Thanh Liêm District,

Hà Nam Province Hà is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as He in Chinese and Ha in Korean. Ha is the anglicized variation of the surname Hà. It is also the anglicized variation of Hạ. Notable people with the surname Hà *Hà Kiều Anh, Mis ...

*6th day of 1st lunar month- last day of 3rd lunar month: Hương Pagoda Festival, Hương Sơn commune, Mỹ Đức District,

Hà Tây Province Hà Tây () was a former province of Vietnam, in the Red River Delta, now part of Hanoi. On May 29, 2008 the decision was made to subsume the province into the city of Hanoi. The merger took place on August 1, 2008. The name of the province wa ...

*6th day to 16th day of 1st lunar month: Cổ Loa Temple Festival, Cổ Loa commune, Đông Anh District,

capital *9th day and 10th day of 1st lunar month:

Ba Bể Lake Festival BA, Ba, or ba may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Bangladesh Army * Bibliotheca Alexandrina, an Egyptian library and cultural center * Boeing (NYSE stock symbol BA) * Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland * Boston Acoustics, a ...

Ba Bể Lake Ba Bể Lake ( vi, Hồ Ba Bể; Ba means Three, Bể is from the Tay language word ''pé'', meaning "lake") is the largest natural lake in Vietnam. It is located in Nam Mẫu commune, Ba Bể district, Bắc Kạn Province in the Northeast regi ...

Ba Bể District BA, Ba, or ba may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Bangladesh Army * Bibliotheca Alexandrina, an Egyptian library and cultural center * Boeing (NYSE stock symbol BA) * Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland * Boston Acoustics, an ...

, Bắc Kạn Province *9th day to 11th day of 1st lunar month: Triều Khúc village Festival, Triều Khúc village,

capital *10th day of 1st lunar month: Sình village Festival, Sình village, Phú Mậu commune, Phú Vang District, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province *10th day of 1st lunar month to the last day of 3rd lunar month: Yên Tử Festival, Yên Tử mountain, Thượng Yên Công commune,

Uông Bí Uông Bí () is a city of Quảng Ninh Province in the north-eastern region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 98,949. The City covers an area of 240 km². Uong Bi was promoted from a town to a provincial city February 2 ...

, Quảng Ninh Province *13th day of 1st lunar month: Lim Festival, Lũng Giang commune, Tiên Sơn District, Bắc Ninh Province *13th day and 15th day of 1st lunar month: Bà Thiên Hậu Pagoda Festival, Lái Thiêu commune,

Thủ Dầu Một Thủ Dầu Một () is the capital city of Bình Dương province, Vietnam, located at around . The city has an area of 118.66 km², with a population of 417,000 (as of 2018), and is located 20 km north of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, on ...

, Bình Dương Province *15th day of 1st lunar month: Thượng temple Festival, Lào Cai Province *18th day and 19th day of 1st lunar month: Bà Đen Mountain Festival, Bà Đen mountain, Tây Ninh Province

2nd lunar month

*10th day of 1st lunar month to the last day of 3rd lunar month: Yên Tử Festival, Yên Tử mountain, Thượng Yên Công commune,

, Quảng Ninh Province *3rd day to 6th day of 2nd lunar month: Đồng Nhân temple Festival, Hai Bà Trưng District,

capital *12th day to 14th day of 2nd lunar month: Phương Viên festival *14th day to 16th day of 2nd lunar month: Cuông temple Festival, Diễn An commune, Diễn Châu District, Nghệ An Province *18th day to 20th day of 2nd lunar month: Quán Thế Âm Festival, Ngũ Hành Sơn mountain,

Đà Nẵng Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one ...

city.

3rd lunar month

*10th day of 1st lunar month to the last day of 3rd lunar month: Yên Tử Festival, Yên Tử mountain, Thượng Yên Công commune,

, Quảng Ninh Province *3rd lunar month: Central Highland Elephant Racing, Đôn village, Đắk Lắk Province *3rd day to 8th day of 3rd lunar month:

Phủ Dày Festival Fu () is a traditional administrative division of Chinese origin used in the East Asian cultural sphere, translated variously as jun (country subdivision), commandery, prefecture, urban prefecture, or city. They were first instituted as a regula ...

, Kim Thái commune, Vụ Bản District,

Nam Định Province Nam Định () ( vi, Tỉnh Nam Định) is a Provinces of Vietnam, province in the southern part of the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. It borders Ninh Bình , Ninh Bình province to the southwest, Hà Nam province to the northwest, T ...

*4th day to 7th day of 3rd lunar month: Thầy pagoda Festival, Sài Sơn commune, Quốc Oai District,

*10th day of 3rd lunar month:

Hùng Kings' Festival The Hùng Kings' Temple Festival ( vi, Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương or Lễ hội đền Hùng) is a Vietnamese festival held annually from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month in honour of the Hùng Vương or Hùng Kings. The main fes ...

, Hùng Vương Temple,

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*10th day of 3rd lunar month: Trường Yên Festival, Hoa Lư District, Ninh Bình Province *10th day to 12th day of 3rd lunar month: Chử Đồng Tử Temple Festival, Đa Hoà village, Châu Giang District, Hưng Yên Province *15th day of 3rd lunar month: Đô Temple Festival,

Đình Bảng Vietnamese communal temples ( vi, Đình, Chữ Hán: 亭) are typical of buildings found in Vietnam villages, dedicated to worship the village God Thành hoàng, the village founder or a local hero. They also play the role as a meeting place of ...

village, Từ Sơn District, Bắc Ninh Province *23rd day of 3rd lunar month: Lệ Mật village Festival, Lệ Mật village, Việt Hưng commune,

Gia Lâm District Gia Lâm is the easternmost rural district (''huyện'') of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. Prior to 2003, the district covered the entire area of Long Biên district, which included Long Biên Bridge, Gia Lâm Airport, Gia Lâm railway stati ...

capital.

4th lunar month

*9th day of 4th lunar month: Gióng temple Festival, Phù Đổng temple,

, Hà Noi capital *23rd day to 25th day of 4th lunar month: Bà Chúa Xứ Festival, Sam mountain, Châu Đốc District,

An Giang Province An Giang () is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta, in the southwestern part of the country. Geography An Giang occupies a position in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta. The Hậu Giang and Tiền Giang branches of ...

5th lunar month

*Mid-year festival (5/5 Lunar) ('' Tết Đoan Ngọ'')

6th lunar month

7th lunar month

* 15th day of 7th lunar month:: Tết Trung Nguyên or ''Lễ Vu Lan''

8th lunar month

*9th day of 8th lunar month: Đồ Sơn buffalo fight Festival,

Đồ Sơn Tu () is a Chinese surname, and the 279th family name in Hundred Family Surnames ( 百家姓). Tu (涂 or 凃) is another Chinese surname. Origin From one of the characters in the name of the ancient city of Zoutu. The legendary emperor Yellow Emp ...

Hải Phòng Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta. Haiphong wa ...

city. * 15th day of 8th lunar month:

Tết Trung Thu Tết Trung Thu (Chữ Hán: 節中秋) is a traditional Vietnamese festival held from the night of the 14th of the 8th lunar month to the end of the 15th of the 8th lunar month (Rằm tháng Tám). Despite its Chinese origin, recently this fest ...

*16th day to 20th day of 8th lunar month: Kiếp Bạc temple Festival,

Lê Lợi Lê Lợi (, Chữ Hán: 黎利; c. 10 September 1384/1385 – 5 October 1433), also known by his temple name as Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖) and by his pre-imperial title Bình Định vương (平定王; "Prince of Pacification"), was a Vietname ...

commune, Chí Linh District,

Hải Dương Hải Dương () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hải Dương, an industrialized province in the Hanoi Capital Region and the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. The city is at the midpoint between the capital Hanoi and major port H ...

city,

Hải Dương Province H, or h, is the eighth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''aitch'' (pronounced , plural ''aitches''), or region ...

9th lunar month

*13th day to 15th of 9th lunar month: Keo pagoda Festival, Duy Nhất commune,

Vũ Thư District Vũ Thư is a rural district of Thái Bình province in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the east ...

Thái Bình Province Cài () is a Chinese-language surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state. In 2019 it was the 38th most common surname in China, but the 9th most common in Taiwan (as of 2018), where it is usually romanized as "Tsai" (based on ...

10th lunar month

*Okomboc fullmoon in Sóc Trăng Province

11th lunar month

*Full Moon

12th lunar month

*Christmas

Traditional festivals in the Cham calendar

7th month

*7th month in

Champa Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd cen ...

calendar: Kate Festival of

ethnic minority.

Traditional festivals in the Khmer calendar

* ''Chol Chnam Thmey'',

Cambodian New Year Cambodian New Year (or Khmer New Year; km, បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរ ), also known as Choul Chnam Thmey ( km, ចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី ; ) and Moha Sangkranta ( km, មហាសង្ក្រាន្� ...

Modern festivals

* Huế Festival,

Huế Huế () is the capital of Thừa Thiên Huế province in central Vietnam and was the capital of Đàng Trong from 1738 to 1775 and of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty from 1802 to 1945. The city served as the old Imperial City and admi ...

city, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province *Flower Festival,

Đà Lạt Da Lat (also written as Dalat, vi, Đà Lạt; ), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province and the largest city of the Central Highlands region in Vietnam. The city is located above sea level on the Langbian Plateau. Da Lat is one of the mos ...

city,

Lâm Đồng Province Lâm is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Lin in Chinese and Im in Korean. Lam is the anglicized variation of the surname Lâm. Lam is also a commonly held surname of Cantonese speakers of Chinese descent. Large populations in ...

*August, Nha Trang- Rendevouz Festival,

Nha Trang Nha Trang ( or ; ) is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the north by Ninh Hòa District, Ninh Hoà town, on the south by Cam Ranh city and on the west by Diên Khánh Distri ...

city,

Khánh Hòa Province KH may refer to: Places * Cambodia (Kampuchea, Kambuja, ''Srok Khmer''), a sovereign state with ISO 3166-2 alpha code KH ** .kh, the Internet country code top-level domain for Cambodia * Kutná Hora District, Czech Republic (vehicle plate code) * ...

Public holidays

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